Explaining Period Poverty | Last Leg: The Correspondents

Monthly visitor, on the rag, Little Miss Strawberry... Cariad Lloyd unearths the crimson taboo!
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[@shan7180]

Even the woman ran off, Im dead!

[@beccababe4910]

I was so inspired by this that I am writing my higher essay about the tampon tax

[@bragetorsteinsen1868]

How did it go?

[@ashknoecklein]

"Period" itself is a euphemism lol.

[@Widdekuu91]

I'd never heared of the Dutch euphenism, but appareantely it's oldfashioned. I've heared; 'being a girl-girl' or 'extra-girl.'

[@DonMuffatello]

well this is fun :)

[@Russwig]

Honestly women have enough o their plates already. Why should they have additional anxiety like this on a regular basis? Where can we contribute?

[@hxhxhanhanxhxh]

Menstrual cup

[@davidbatthews3811]

Hannah Dakin Amazed how many women have not of even heard of these 🙄.

[@Widdekuu91]

+Hannah I'm assuming if they feel tampons are too expensive and not important, they won't go and buy each person a 40 dollar cup.

[@hxhxhanhanxhxh]

Widdekuu91 No I guess not. But they are £15 and can last up to 10 years, which saves a lot of money in the long run :) It's a shame we have to spend so much money really. When you can get condoms for free but tampons and pads are not.

[@neilross9867]

Hannah Dakin It's not a shame you have to spend so much money, it's an absolute disgrace. I was thinking exactly the same about free condoms. As a man this is something that has completely passed me by but now I've been made aware of it I'm actually appalled that they're even a taxed item never mind not available for free.

[@matthewmcbride28]

Boo hoo

[@kimberlywhatevervids3106]

You'd probably cry if you saw a blood stain on somebody's pants because of them not having a pad or tampon So yes boo hoo to you